Travels in Greece, Palestine, Egypt, and Barbary During the Years 1806 and 1807 /c by F.A. de Chateaubriand ; Translated from the French by Frederic Shoberl, Volumen2H. Colburn, 1812 |
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... Judea . I am , I may say , the last tra- veller by whom it was visited , and , for the same I shall be its last historian . reason , But as I have not the presumption to suppose that I can excel the very able descriptions which have ...
... Judea . I am , I may say , the last tra- veller by whom it was visited , and , for the same I shall be its last historian . reason , But as I have not the presumption to suppose that I can excel the very able descriptions which have ...
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... Judea is not worth our going so far to examine it . What should we say to a man who , in traversing Greece and Italy , should think of nothing but contradicting Homer and Virgil ? Such , however , is the EGYPT , AND BARBARY . 21.
... Judea is not worth our going so far to examine it . What should we say to a man who , in traversing Greece and Italy , should think of nothing but contradicting Homer and Virgil ? Such , however , is the EGYPT , AND BARBARY . 21.
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... Judea to be covered with cedars . + Cedron is a Hebrew word , which signifies darkness and sorrow . It is remarked that there is an error in the Gospel of St. John , who calls this stream the Brook of Cedars . The error arises from an ...
... Judea to be covered with cedars . + Cedron is a Hebrew word , which signifies darkness and sorrow . It is remarked that there is an error in the Gospel of St. John , who calls this stream the Brook of Cedars . The error arises from an ...
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... Judea , entered Jerusalem , and carried away Hircanus into captivity . Herod the Great , the son of Antipater , a distin- guished officer of the court of Hircanus , seated himself , by the favour of the Romans , upon the throne of Judea ...
... Judea , entered Jerusalem , and carried away Hircanus into captivity . Herod the Great , the son of Antipater , a distin- guished officer of the court of Hircanus , seated himself , by the favour of the Romans , upon the throne of Judea ...
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... Judea ; but his brother Herod , king of Calcis , possessed all the power over the Temple , the sacred treasures and the priesthood . On the death of Agrippa , Judea was reduced into a Roman province . The Jews having revolted against ...
... Judea ; but his brother Herod , king of Calcis , possessed all the power over the Temple , the sacred treasures and the priesthood . On the death of Agrippa , Judea was reduced into a Roman province . The Jews having revolted against ...
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Página 45 - A voice from the east, a voice from the west, a voice from the four winds, a voice against Jerusalem and the holy house, a voice against the bridegrooms and the brides, and a voice against this whole people!
Página 27 - And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
Página 27 - And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him. But Jesus, turning unto them, said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children.
Página 35 - Sing, heavenly muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire That shepherd who first taught the chosen seed, In the beginning how the heavens and earth Rose out of chaos : or, if Sion hill Delight thee more, and Siloa's brook that flow'd Fast by the oracle of God, I thence Invoke thy aid to my adventrous song, That with no middle flight intends to soar Above the Aonian mount, while it pursues Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme.
Página 338 - But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.
Página 38 - For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem, I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.
Página 340 - See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days ; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.
Página 47 - And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples. And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
Página 179 - All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?
Página 178 - How doth the city sit solitary that was full of people ! how is she become as a widow ! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary...